Never knowingly undersolved
duncanshiell Phi gives us a puzzle today that covers a wide range of subjects. It’s always interesting to me how much new general knowledge I learn from crosswords. With words like … Read more >>
This is my first blog of a Maskarade jumbo prize crossword although I have solved a few in recent years.
This seems to be Bard’s third appearance as an Independent setter. This is Tuesday, so not surprisingly, there is a clear theme in this Independent puzzle involving the Shakespeare play … Read more >>
Every second Wednesday Eccles comes along with a crossword free of themes and special cluing devices that offers a calm period of solving a well constructed puzzle. Having said that, … Read more >>
Xanthippe appears on fifteensquiared as a setter of Inquisitor and Enigmatic Variations (EV) puzzles. He/she features about once a year alternating between Inquisitors and EVs – although the cycle has been once every … Read more >>
The only reference I can find for Amoeba as a setter on fifteensquared relate to puzzles supplied by him at the last three Slogggers & Betters get together in York, so I am … Read more >>
We have the usual end to the Independent working week with a puzzle from Phi. Phi liked his ‘container and contents’ clues today. Half of the clues had some form … Read more >>
Vismut is a setter who contributes regularly to the Inquisitor and Enigmatic Variations series of of barred puzzles. This is her twelfth Inquisitor and a study of the previous ones shows that the … Read more >>
Filbert is one of the most prolific setters of Independent puzzles at the moment and today we have another of his challenging puzzles I always find Filbert’s puzzles difficult and … Read more >>
A plain puzzle from Azed this week. I got off to a reasonable start with this puzzle with a few of the early downs which led to me to SPLASH … Read more >>
Every second Wednesday, Eccles comes along with an Independent cryptic puzzle to challenge us. There was good mix of vocabulary in today’s puzzle. I had LAMPOONING in at 9 across … Read more >>
eXternal is a prolific setter of Inquisitor puzzles with interesting themes and cluing devices. Today, the preamble told us that a letter must be reinstated in each of 36 clues. The … Read more >>
I think this is Tack’s second Independent crossword after a Sunday puzzle in May this year. After the gentle music of Ronald Binge yesterday, we have a completely different genre … Read more >>
Phi is in his usual place in the Independent crossword week with a Friday puzzle. Phi often has themes in his puzzles, but today I can only see a couple … Read more >>
Atrica sets Independent cryptic crosswords every two or three months. The previous one was in early May Tuesday is theme day in the Independent. Atrica’s puzzles often contain themes, some … Read more >>